The Genuine Glow blog spotlights authentic voices, and creates a platform for shared experiences and human connection.
A Step Towards Attainable Self-Care
Regular self-care has to do with what we are saying, thinking and feeling, not what we’re buying or doing. Taking care of our headspace and loving ourselves needs to be at the heart of our self-care routine. There isn’t anything else that will replace the positive benefits that come from prioritizing our wellbeing and showing ourselves kindness.
Redefining Beauty
Considering what matters when discussing beauty and recognizing how the images we see and the words we hear impact our wellbeing
My Brand Story
Because of my years in the beauty industry as a customer and brand owner, I’ve witnessed how the images we see and the words we hear effect our psyche; and it’s my mission to promote the importance of recognizing inner beauty when it relates to what we as a society consider to be beautiful.
The Second Wave of Grief
First you lose your loved one, then you lose yourself. A personal essay about grief. My Mom died two and a half years ago. It was sudden. Without warning she went into cardiac arrest in her home early on a Monday morning. Although I remember everything from...
Progress Through Transparency
Article Background: Although leaning much heavier on an opinion piece, it does share personal experiences from working in both corporate America and the start-up world. And I felt it was timely because of the current state of our world, namely the resurgence of the...
We Believe
Transparency is needed from the brands we support to ensure their values reflect our own. With that being said, I felt it was important to openly state Genuine Glow’s beliefs: We’re a company rooted in wellness, positivity, and equality. I wrote the About Us...
One Year Ago
It’s been said, a lot can happen in a year. And while true, are we usually deliberate about our intentions over the course of a year? Nicki Carrea writes about what she learned after a trip to India one year ago.
The Significance of Abstract
There is significance to our abstract design. When Genuine Glow’s redesign started last year, I conveyed 3 key requirements. First that there needed to be an abstract design, second that it had a happy aesthetic, and third that we use bold, gender-neutral...
Trusting Your Path
How a dog lover came to adopt 2 cats and the life lesson learned from it. I’ve had dogs my whole life. I’ve also had an array of smaller pets from childhood - an aquarium full of fish, hamsters, hermit crabs, a bird; but never a cat. In fact I’ve had very few...
An Unconventional Relaunch
Over the last year I’ve been working hard on Genuine Glow’s 5-year rebrand. It started with refining our Exfoliating Face Polish, renamed to Brio. There was a new website design with a refocused concept, and text that I wrote myself. It was important to me that the...
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